It was all a blur in fire chaos, Greek victim says

Vassiliki Psevedourou heard a loud bang and in horror saw flames dancing menacingly outside her living room window at Neos Voutzas, east of Athens.

A major blaze east of the Greek capital, which has killed at least 60 people in one of the country's worst fires in recent years, reached her home in an area of pine forest much faster than she expected.

The flames caused her family's two cars to explode and the 54-year-old woman, her cousin and his wife tried to rush out to the street.

"I could only see a blur, sparks and cars driving aimlessly," she told Reuters as she awaited an update on her cousin's health at the Evangelismos hospital in Athens, where many of the 187 injured by the flames have been transferred.

Psevedourou, who limps due to a birth defect, escaped on foot. "I am fast, but it hurts when I walk," she said.

Her cousin suffered burns all...